AFC Announcements
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2012/05/03 Vancouver, BC - (May 3, 2012) – Robert Bateman, world-renowned nature artist, Deep Wolves painting created specifically to commemorate the first annual Artists for Conservation Festival last November has been sold. Large portion of the proceeds have been donated to support Artists for Conservation programs. |
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2012/04/22
Vancouver, BC – (April 22, 2012) – Artists for Conservation (AFC), the world’s leading group of artists supporting the environment, on Earth Day launches a video blog to share and highlight conservation stories relating to AFC and its artist members around the world. |
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2012/03/11 Vancouver, CANADA - Artists for Conservation (AFC) announces that Canadian wildlife artist Nigel Shaw departed today for South Africa, Limpopo province, to spend approximately two weeks in the field banding, studying, sketching and photographing the unique and wide range of raptors that migrate through the region. "This is a unique area that provides for a large resident population and a large influx of wintering birds," says Shaw, "some of which are on the threatened list, or close to it.". |
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2011/12/24 World-renowned museum to host the Art of ConservationVancouver, British Columbia – Artists for Conservation (AFC), the world’s leading group of artists supporting the environment announces on January 14th, the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum (ASDM) will officially host AFC's touring exhibit comprising most of the artwork from the live exhibit at Grouse Mountain, in November, 2011. Nearly 70 artworks will go on display to the public through March 11, 2012. A special opening reception is planned on January 14, which will include a special screening of AFC's first documenary film - "How an Artist Saved the Mountain Gorilla" |
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2011/11/05 Today's Artists For Conservation (AFC) Festival Opening at Grouse Mountain brought out young and old and everyone in-between to learn about the importance of nature through art. |
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2011/10/31
It's time to plan your next weekend! The Artists for Conservation Festival starts in just one week, and there are lots of exciting activities for nature enthusiasts, families and art connoisseurs alike. With presenting artists coming from as far afield as Kenya and the Cayman Islands, this year's ten-day festival is not to be missed. |
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2011/09/27 Nigel Shaw wins Fellowship from Artists for Conservation to support wildlife conservation and environmental education with his art.Vancouver, B.C., CANADA -- (September 23, 2011)- Artists for Conservation (AFC) announced today its 13th fellowship, a grant in the amount of $5,000 US, awarded to Canadian wildlife artist Nigel Shaw of Innisfil, Ontario. The fellowship is part of the AFC Flag Expeditions Program, which supports up to two artists per year in their filed work, studying and rendering endangered species or habitats that deserve greater public attention, particularly in remote parts of the world. |
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2011/09/27
We are extremely pleased, on behalf of Artists For Conservation, to announce this year's recipient of the Simon Combes Conservation award. AFC Member, Guy Harvey, was chosen for artistic excellence and for a lifetime of extraordinary support of conservation. He joins the likes of David Shepherd and Robert Bateman. |
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2011/09/13
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2011/07/14 AFC is pleased to announce that Wildscape magazine is again the official UK Media sponsors for the upcoming AFC exhibition. Wildscape will also sponsor the 2011 Wildsape Editor's Award. |
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Featured Flag Expedition
The Raptors of Limpopo: One Artist’s Birdbanding Quest
Artist: Nigel Shaw
Time/Location: March, 2012
Purpose: The expeditions’ objective is to portray through paintings and sketches, the research being done on raptors in Limpopo province in South Africa - a unique and environmentally diverse region that supports not only a large resident and inter-continental population of raptors, but also a massive influx of European and Asian raptors that overwinter in the region.
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- 8 hours 2 min ago — AFC Blog:Artist Pollyanna Pickering story..remote travels to study/paint #endangered species & gratitude of strangers. http://t.co/sM4iNEUa
- 2 weeks 5 hours ago — SOLD- Bateman’s “Deep Wolves” painting commemorating 1st AFC Festival.Thx #Robert Bateman. Proceeds support AFC. http://t.co/HQIrVK7y
- 2 weeks 1 day ago — AFC honors #Wyland, renowned marine life artist as Conservation Artist for the Month of May. http://t.co/CNCBp5pp
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